Christin Khan is currently flying for the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center right whale aerial survey team based out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. She has previously led right whale aerial surveys with Wildlife Trust and the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. Christin completed her Master of Science in Biology at San Francisco State University with research on vocal development in harbor seals; her work was published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

{Flight} 16 November 2013 Great South Channel

DATE: 11/16/2013PLATFORM: Twin Otter NOAA57HOURS FLOWN:5:17AREA SURVEYED: Great South ChannelPURPOSE OF FLIGHT: SCOPEXTRACKLINE BOUNDS:W line 6957E line 6807N line 4223S line 4057BEAUFORT RANGE: 2-4OTHER SPECIES OF NOTE: 19 Humpback whales, 3 Fin whales, 1 Seiwhales, 75 Common dolphins, and 1 Basking sharkCOMMENTS: Completed 6 lines working S to N in good to excellent conditions.RIGHT WHALE SIGHTINGS (# of Eg and Location): no right whales sighted